Pencil.



No. 866,350. PATENT@ SEPT. 17, 1907. W. G. POWLER.

PENCIL.

PPLIOATION FILED MAY 2'1, 1901.

WAlLlER C. ljQWLER, F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

PENCIL.

No. Sceneo.,

To all 4wllmn it may con-cem: t Be it known that l, WALTER C. AFowLEiv., a citizen of the United States, z'esidiugat 112 Bridge street, in the citysol '.ligenton tho county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, hzive invented er'thi"iimwid'iil lmproveniente in Pencils; und l do herebydeclare'the l,follmving to he a full, cleo-r, und exact. description of 'rtho inventif.) ch ne will enable others skilled .in the :uf to which it lo., pertains to moire und use the sal-ine.l

The ob l; o'lf the invention is to provide .fi simple, cheap an lcien. loro. ol pencil in which the lend or writ-ing elemenl. may be lcd fom'ard au it luc-.comen worn down undrenewed filter it is exhausted.

'Broadly LQtnted, the invention comprises body portion, conveniently inode of wood or Similar inetcrial, generally cylindrical in shape, having 9. longitudinal bore and o. 'slot opening into said bore for the greater portion of the length thereof, a leed loosely mounted in eaifl here :md a, rspring clip yentering the slot and engaging the lood lo efljuet the some longitudinally in the boro and. hold the saine :in adjusted. position. As a sul l sidnry .f zlenvcut, to enn'ole short lengths of lead to `be employed in. the body or holder, l providelthe letter with n spring clip locatcdin a recess near the point and adopted to licor laterally on the forward. ,section Gilead to hold the onlne in :adjusted position, as it in fed for ward by the succeeding eectione or by the feedingv clip. ln tlrcuccompanyng drawings ligure l is o. plan View of the pencil embodying the invention; Fig'. 2 is o, longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is aplan view showing o. modi- .lied form of feeding ,and holding clip; Fig. 4 o. longihf' Ludinel section ol E 5. 8; 5 in o. longitudinztloection of tho point end of tho;I pencil showing the auiiliry clip to adopt thc pencil .holder for short sections of lead. .Referring to the drawings, u indicates the body of the pencil which 1x1-.ry be of any ol the usual shapes or contourtl und muy he convonicn tly mode of wood or other suitable muttered. The' hodya 'Le provided with allongitudinul lbore or perforation b, which ie adapted to receive u strip 'or section oli leed or other writing clement IV, which lits loosely in the bore b und is adapted to oe freely buchverd and forward therein. Running longitudizmlly ol the pene-il body a foi' the greater portion ol :its length. yis ze. slot c which opens into onlie bore o and provides :l channel or guide for a. spring clip, which Servon Lo h-Ll'l the lood in. position in the llore, and, also, lo moi o lend longitudinally of the llore tolenuse efeullicicn lo h of sold loud to project beyond lll-:l point of the pencil .lor writing.

i) The spr-ing clip which ie doeiwnoted d, in the lorm of the invcntiol.. illu Ltcd in Ergo. l :md 2, consists of meente@ slepti 17, 1907.

an angule pierce o spring metal, having a. forward tongue f and e.- rcarwnrd downwardly extending heelA g, the whole :secured to slidelring c, wlrich enoircles the pencil body. The spring element normally' lies Wit-hin slot c, eo that the spring tongue f engages 'the lead laterally andthe heel `@engages the rear end ol the lead which is led forward .'by moving the slide ring e, and is held lrmly clamped lin `position in the' bore' by the spring tofoguef.` A

ln the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 :md el, the spring clip is conveniently made in the form ol' e helix from spring Wire or the like, the moin portifm e of which encircles the body of the pencil and forme 'the slide by menno o which the clip is adjusted. The forward end of the helix is provided with a spring tongue f, which posses through the slot and engagesthe lead laterally. The rear end ol' the helix is turned downward through the slot to form-o heel g. engaging the rein" end of the leed, so that as the clip d is moved forward, the lead' is led along the bore by the heel g and is clamped in position by the spring tonguef.

`When it is `found ldosimble to use short sections o1' lend. l prefer lo provide :nl auxiliary device for holding the .forward short sections in' the pencil. body in proper' adjusted posit-ion. ThiS device consiste ol' a light leal spring t, mounted in a receso la, located near the point olrl'lie pencil and opening into the bore b so :is to pern niit the opring'i to bear laterally upon the forward section oi. lead and hold it rigidly in position, without interfering with the proper feeding of thc lead when the feeding clipfis adjusted.

What l claim is:

1 A- Pencil, comprising a boaryv having a longitudiml llore and u slot opening therein, n lead loosely mounted 1n sind bore und al clip having unlntermediatc portion encircling the pencil body, a forward end portion con- 11HE 2l Spring tongue to engage the lend laterally und Wold' the saune in the borc, :rnd :1n angular heel portion to engage the end of thc lcfulnnd move sold lcaul longitudixially in the bore.

il. A pencil, coxnprslngu body lnviug longitudinal here und u slotopcning therein, u lead loosely mounted in solo llore and :icllp consistlng'of u ring slldnbly mounted Y on lhe pencil body having .fm :me-ulm' pjcce'o" wml se# cured thereto entering the .slnt providedwith.1V spring tongue at one end to exert lil-kewl pressurefon the loaul and :1n :angular heel on boro. Y

ln testimony whereof I affix my signatur-c, iunproscnce of lwo witnesses. v y A WALTER C. IPUWLIR.

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